A Merry Christmas to You
1924
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sade C. Styron
Accession Number
1970.134
Tags
Art Historical Context
Thomas Handforth's *A Merry Christmas to You* (1924) is a charming graphic arts print from the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, gifted by Sade C. Styron. This festive work captures the timeless Nativity scene, featuring Mary and the Christ child in a humble stable, surrounded by cattle and sheep. Created during the Roaring Twenties, it evokes the warmth of holiday traditions amid America's post-World War I optimism, blending religious reverence with seasonal goodwill. As a graphic arts print—likely a lithograph or—Handforth employs precise line work and tonal contrasts typical of e...